Carmarthen Road War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 January 2000. Memorial.
Carmarthen Road War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-spire-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 January 2000
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Carmarthen Road War Memorial, Fforest-Fach, Cockett
- OS grid reference
- SS 632 954
- Coordinates
- 51.6415, -3.97774
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Carmarthen Road War Memorial is a cenotaph-type structure made of ashlar, featuring a moulded base and a gabled cap. The front face displays two cast bronze panels; the lower panel bears the inscription 'GWELL ANGEU NA CHYWILYDD', while the upper panel lists the names of those who died in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. The side walls are adorned with sculpted lion's heads.
The memorial is approached by stone steps and is set back from the pavement within a concave recess. This recess has a rubble rear wall that includes stone benches and curves outward, ending in piers with guilloche-moulded panels. On the left side, there is a gateway with an additional pier that leads to a senior citizens' hall. Flanking the main memorial, there are panels with concrete surrounds added to the rear wall, which list the names of those who died in the Second World War from 1939 to 1945.
Local climate
Carmarthen Road War Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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